Rig Pigs

About the show

Move to Fort McMurray with a 2 year plan. What could do wrong?

Rig Pigs is a satirical comedy about living in the boomtown atmosphere of Fort McMurray in the high of the 2008 boom.

Synopsis

After losing everything in a nasty divorce, David moves to Fort McMurray on the advice of his friend Steve, but struggles with the unique challenges he finds once he arrives. Finding a good job, decent housing and dating all have challenges strangely unique to the area that David was not prepared for. Will he stay or go back home?

Watch Pilot Episode

More videos

David's Rant

August 10th, 2016

720p

Blooper Reel

August 8th, 2016

1080p

Our entire web series online & free to watch at your convenience

The best part about the web series format is your audience can view your show whenever and wherever they want, on any device they want. All of our episodes will be hosted on our YouTube channel, as well as BTS videos, gag reels and interviews with our cast/crew. With feedback tools such as thumbs up/down and commenting, you can let use know how we're doing with each episode.

CAST

Our crew is a talented bunch

We could not have produced this show without the countless hours of hard work from our dedicated crew.

Producer: Teresa Anderton

Asst Director: Patrick Hampton

Camera Operators: John Palaganas & Andrew Phillip

Key grip: David Anderton

Location Sound: Nick Shostak & Aaron Macri

Makeup: Amber Prepchuk & Ruth Bancroft

Post audio: Geoff Manchester

Beyond our regular crew was a small army of dedicated friends who helped pull everything together. From crafting props to critiquing scripts and set dress, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of these friends.

Margo Devaney

JT & Tracy Breckon

Gillian Stewart

James Harbinson

Michelle Stanley

Dave Boutilier

Thunderstruck Improv

Eden Boutilier

Joanne Moore

Did we mention the extras?

Laughing on cue, for repeated takes. Dressing far more silly then they were aware. Patiently waiting for camera to be ready for their scenes. They are often overlooked, but are vitally important.

Ash Gordey

Robyn Yanick

John Piquette

David Anderton

Kaleb Stoke

Justin Wandga

Clint Langejans

Ben Fahy

Edwin Naidu

Enrique Cruz

John Makuch

Christopher Mcrae

Blair Scott

Kelly Arbour

Alex Mitchell

JT Brechon

Mike Watt

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A very special THANK YOU to Telus OptikTV Storyhive for developing such a great community focused funding program.

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Want to collaborate with us?

As our web series ramps up for future episodes, we'll need to partner with more and more talented individuals. Do you have a good idea? Have a funny story about your experience living/working in Fort McMurray? Or are you a creative professional who's interested in joining our team? We would love to hear from you.